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"Brothers and Sisters—Friends Forever," New Era, Apr. 2013, 30–33
Brothers and Sisters—Friends Forever
Through gospel teachings and family associations, these brothers and sisters in Indiana have learned friendship, service, and faith.
Having brothers and sisters can have its ups and downs, but it certainly helps you learn some lessons and develop traits that will help later in life, such as friendship, patience, and service.
One family of brothers and sisters in Indiana has learned those lessons well—and has had a lot of fun along the way.
Fun with Family Friends
"It's fun being a brother," says Seth V., 18. "I get to have friends in the family."
That feeling of friendship is echoed by Aubrey, Janessa, and Tyler, his 15-year-old siblings, who are fraternal triplets.
One important source of friendship and togetherness is family home evening activities. After their family has a spiritual lesson, they often engage in fun—and rather lively—activities. Seth explains, "We often find things to do in the house, like carpet tag."
"Once we played a game sort of like soccer-hockey inside," says Janessa.
And Aubrey, remembering another activity, simply says, "Jumping on a watermelon." As everyone laughs, she adds, "We sort of exploded the watermelon."
Lest you get the wrong impression, Seth explains that there was a purpose to what was going on, but something went awry. "That just happened once," he says, "but my foot did get stuck in the watermelon."
"And then we tried vacuuming it to clean it up," says Aubrey, to more laughter.
All joking aside, these brothers and sisters feel genuine joy and comfort through the friendship and service they experience in their relationships.
Tyler, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, says, "It's very important to have friends with you, because they can help you through hard times. My brothers and sisters are my friends."
Service to Siblings
These siblings all support each other in their various activities, such as Aubrey's marching band performances, Janessa's volleyball games, and Tyler's soccer games.
Tyler's entry into the world of power soccer, which is a sport for people who use powered wheelchairs, is also a story of family service. There was no nearby team for Tyler to play on until an Eagle Scout project by his oldest brother, Matt, 20, made it a reality for him a couple of years ago. Matt organized their town's power soccer team, which participates in a league with teams from other cities. Their father coached the team, and Matt was an assistant coach until he left on his full-time mission. Now Tyler and other power wheelchair users in their area can participate in an activity that helps them develop skills and character—all because one young man found a way to do something for his brother.
Of course, the day-to-day service these siblings give each other is also rewarding. Aubrey and Janessa enjoy helping and supporting each other in their Young Women activities and Personal Progress projects. Seth enjoys helping his sisters with their Spanish homework, as well as helping Tyler keep a busy schedule by taking him to school and Church events.
Priesthood service is something Seth and Tyler enjoy. When Tyler became a deacon, he was happy to able to pass the sacrament by adding an attachment to his wheelchair so that people could take the trays from him. Seth says, "Priesthood service means a lot to me—preparing, blessing, and passing the sacrament to everyone, including taking it to people who can't make it to church because they're not able to get out of the house."
The Gospel as a Guide
When they're not together, these brothers and sisters try to be good friends to others by sharing the Church's standards and teachings with them.
Janessa says that studying the scriptures helps, because "a scripture can stand out and help me through temptations and trials. Or when my friends ask me questions about the Church, I can refer back to the scripture and answer them and tell them about the Church and our standards."
Trying to be a good example at all times is important to Aubrey, because "people are watching us all the time," she says. "They notice that we have different standards from theirs. A boy in my biology class would always refer to me as 'the Mormon.' Then one time he said, 'Aubrey, you're always so happy all the time. It's different.' In band I'm nicknamed the 'Mormon baritone' because I'm the only Church member in my section. The others sometimes stop cussing when I'm with them, and sometimes they stop because I ask them to. But people are watching you all the time."
Seth has talked about religion with one of his friends several times, and he has given him a copy of the Book of Mormon. "He understands our Church a little more, understands me more. At least he has a Book of Mormon in case he has more questions. Even after high school, if we go our separate ways, he might run into it again and remember, and he might look into it more."
All of these brothers and sisters enjoy seminary. Tyler says that "the best part for me is to learn about the gospel." He also enjoys the gathering of Latter-day Saint youth that happens at school between the time early-morning seminary ends and school begins. "In the morning, we all have a little spot everybody at school calls the 'Mormon Place,' where we all meet and talk. It's cool," says Tyler.
When he is with other people, Tyler also likes to help them by listening to them and talking with them about difficulties they are having. "I hope to help people with their problems," he says.
A More Perfect Perspective
Though they admit they sometimes have disagreements and experience the normal friction felt in most families, these brothers and sisters also know that their belief in an eternal family has affected how they regard each other and their relationships.
Seth says, "Since we know our relationship is forever, we're not going to hold any grudges, that's for sure."
"In the Church we know that you can be with your family forever," says Janessa, "and that makes everything different."
And the difference is easy to see when Seth, Aubrey, Janessa, and Tyler are together. The lessons they are learning in their family now will last them a lifetime—and beyond.


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Rough Trade did more than just survive the digital music revolution. They flourished. At a time when most of NYC's veteran record shops were putting up "For Sale" signs, Rough Trade was building the biggest record store in the entire city: a 15,000 sq. foot warehouse stacked with thousands of vinyl records, books, complete with coffee shop, bar, performance space, and as of this week, a brand new Sonos-designed listening room.
What kind of mind does it take to keep a classic record shop thriving in the modern age? We sat down with Rough Trade store Co-Owner and Director, Stephen Godfroy to explore the vision that's made an independent mainstay stronger than ever.
Take us back to the start. Where does Rough Trade begin?
Rough Trade first opened in 1976, West London, on the doorstep of punk. This small neighborhood shop soon became not just a place to purchase the latest records from the exploding DIY music scene, but also a place to hang out for the artists spearheading the groundbreaking DIY movement.
So Rough Trade grew out of London's DIY scene. Now it's many years later and you've expanded across the ocean. What motivated you to open up stateside?
The decision to open in Brooklyn was made following the success of our flagship London store, Rough Trade East – a store that overcame the odds to prove that a record shop in the age of instantaneous downloads (2007) could be successful not just as a place of exciting new music discovery and purchase, but also a place of congregation for curious minds of all ages.
Having made the model work in East London, we then looked for locations that displayed similar characteristics, e.g. a burgeoning creative arts community. One location that stood out just happened to be the other side of the Atlantic – but the challenge proved irresistible. Four long years later, Rough Trade NYC finally opened in November 2013.
How does Rough Trade's new community in NYC compare to the established one in London?
New York music lovers are more vinyl orientated compared to those in London, where CDs still have a (surprising?) role to play. In the UK, Rough Trade has an established recommendation authority for new music, compared to New York, where people are discovering us for the first time, hence only just beginning to appreciate our forty years experience as curators. Consequently, sales driven by our edit are greater in the UK stores, in comparison to NYC, but the gap is narrowing with each passing month.
The digital revolution has upended the traditional business of selling records. How have things evolved for Rough Trade over the years?
Rough Trade stores, large or small, have always served as a meeting place for the artist community, hopefully reflecting our efforts to faithfully represent music as an art form, not a commodity, despite our obvious retail context. With this as a guiding principle, how we then develop a store as a 'destination' beyond being simply a place of purchase, is something that we aim to creatively reinterpret with each new store. If possible, as with our music offer, we look to embrace emerging trends before they surface on a wider scale.
Whether that's being one of the first (UK) record stores to introduce a cafe (2007), introducing a custom b/w photobooth (2008), or hosting intimate in-store gigs, Rough Trade stores have a 'petri-dish' like freedom to experiment, which complements our primary focus on championing innovative and emerging recording artists.
What separates listening to vinyl from other ways of listening?
Vinyl is arguably the definitive audio document – an enshrined, crafted moment of creative self- expression shared between artist and audience. Commanding ceremony, tactile care, the ritualized respect of the encased audio is preordained, conditioned to be loved and absorbed. Consequently, the bond forged by vinyl, between artist and listener, is regarded by many as the most trusted, fetishized, intimate music format-induced relationship there is.
Vinyl sales and interest declined for a while. Now they're back and seemingly bigger than ever. What do you think is responsible for this sea change?
Now that it's possible to stream the celestial jukebox for the price of two cups of coffee, music lovers, particularly digital natives, can increasingly afford more than one listening format, enjoying the best of both worlds. Given the immense value and reward vinyl provides the listener, its popularity has returned, not as a token of nostalgia, but as the most lavish, multi-sensory form of music immersion available.
What does having a space to listen out loud mean for you in the store?
To offer a Sonos listening room, in which visitors to our NYC store can sumptuously enjoy listening to the best new music on vinyl, is a dream come true. It's a perfect encapsulation of modern, multi-format listening enjoyment, reflecting how increasing numbers of music lovers now combine the respective merits of all formats, digital and physical, harmoniously.
We're incredibly proud, excited and humbled to have Sonos become part of our NYC store experience, further enhancing our kaleidoscopic celebration of music culture.
What's the experience you hope everyone who visits Rough Trade takes away?
The excited joy of having encountered the future!
The Sonos listening room at Rough Trade NYC is open now for everyone to come listen. Even better, the listening room is available for booking on Airbnb – apply for the chance to live out your ultimate record store fantasy and spend a night at Rough Trade NYC.


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15-year-old son of Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia, Eduard Saakashvili, achieved a world record for typing the English alphabets (A-Z) on an Apple iPad in just 5.26 seconds beating the previous world record of 6.61 seconds set by Charlie Joseph McDonnell in 2010. Now, Apple has a reason to award this guy!
"I am very happy" Eduard said in comments broadcast by Georgian television explaining that he had spent months practicing and getting ready for the event.
"Our whole family has been nervous. I am a very proud mummy today," said President Saakashvili's Dutch wife, Sandra Roelofs, who watched her son's triumph.
The event was documented by an observer from Guinness World Records in the former Soviet republic's Black Sea resort of Batumi.
Eduard was give three chances (attempts) by the Guinness folks to break the existing World Record record of 6.61 seconds. Eduard's constant practice helped him break the record in the first attempt itself. Quite lucky!
Here's a chance for you to challenge Eduard. Get yourself an Apple iPad (in case if you don't have one) and stand a chance to set a new world World Record.
There are various techniques explained on the Internet to type faster. There are some video posted on YouTube which explain and demonstrates how one can type faster on an iPad.
Here's a video demonstration to type faster on an iPad.
For the record, I took 8.5 seconds to type the English alphabet on a conventional "tactile" keyboard. #Fail?


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The world's smallest cetacean, the Critically Endangered Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), is facing its most daunting challenge yet. Despite decades of conservation work to protect this porpoise in its limited habitat in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico, an unlikely but illegal trade in wildlife has arisen all to quickly. Chinese demand for the swim bladder of another threatened species- the totoaba fish (Totoaba macdonaldi) is now accelerating the slide toward extinction for this species of porpoise.
This grave news comes after valuable progress had been made to mitigate the original threat caused by bycatch in shrimp and fin fish fisheries through working directly with local fishermen – conservation work which SOS continues to fund.
According to a report published by the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA), latest estimates indicate there are fewer than 100 of these animals including 25 breeding adult females, meaning emergency measures are critical. The problem is that the gill nets used to catch totoaba are extremely effective in trapping vaquita as bycatch. Omar Vidal of WWF Mexico, explains, "if there is fishing for totoaba this September, the vaquita might disappear this year."
The bladder of the totoaba is prized by Chinese chefs, who use it to make soups and other dishes. In fact recent reports estimate that one totoaba bladder can attract a $5,000 to $7,000 payoff in the United States, and more than $10,000 in Asia, making it a tempting prospect for fishermen. In 2013 alone, Mexican regulators seized illegal totoaba bladders worth an estimated $2.25 million according to a recent AP news article. The bladders are dried and smuggled out of Mexico by various routes including via the USA.
The CIRVA report has made a number of recommendations concerning emergency conservation measures including extending a total ban on using, possessing or even transporting gill nets in the upper Sea of Cortez, around the vaquita's limited habitat range, and perhaps even beyond it. These nets offer no exclusionary devices to allow bycatch to escape. Meanwhile an SOS funded project, implemented by WWF and local partners, offers gear swaps for vaquita-friendly fishing equipment. As the totoaba fishery is illegal, any fishers engaged in it do so in utter secrecy and consequently do not participate in the Government endorsed gear swap implemented by WWF. Hence finding more alternative livelihood options for fishermen to consider is also deemed critical to resolving the crisis.
Meanwhile the prospect of establishing a vaquita captive breeding programme is not recognised as a viable option because of the difficulty and risk associated in capturing a sufficient number of vaquitas to operate such a programme.
As always, there is hope. With emergency action, interventions can be made quickly if properly funded using mechanisms such as SOS to channel funds: the science is in place. But first must come the coordination at the international and policy level, bringing together different stakeholders including international law enforcement and governmental bodies to enable sustainable solutions for the desert porpoise.


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i had some problems setting up a OpenVPN network for LAN-Gaming. I´m using a Debian rootserver with several Windows Clients.
Problem was that UDP Broadcast were not sent to the OpenVPN Network. Windows kept on sending them only over the interface that is primary and got the gateway and stuff.
Therefor i wrote a little tool that reads the traffic going on and i needed it clons UDP broadcasts to all other networks the pc is connectet to.
With that there is no problem anymore finden LAN-Games. I just released a stable version of that tool, so other people, having that problem might get helped.
I wrote that cause i´m not willing to use this free vpn stuff cause you never know what they get out of your traffic.
The tool is in german, i don´t got the international thing going yet. But since it should do everything by itself there is no need to learn german.
You can download that last release at http://www.hanksoft.de/service/46-udpbroadcastforwarder.
Its all free for your private pleasure.
I wish you guys a nice day and please excuse if there are some english mistakes and stuff.
Greets, hannes
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I do not know it will help to me or not, but I want to try your "udpbroadcastforwarder".
At last, I think my problem with broadcast:
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I do not know it will help to me or not, but I want to try your "udpbroadcastforwarder".
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Windows has a habit of only broadcasting on one interface. I had this problem and the solution was to manually set the interface metric to lower than all the other interfaces. It's a bit of a headache for your clients, I'll agree, but as far as I'm concerned it's a bug with windows.
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Wine Bridesmaid Dresses
A wine bridesmaid dress can be considered a fashion trend. Despite that the trendiness of the wine color is seasonal, you can be sure of its return to the fashion scene often. This is due to the attractiveness of the color which transcends for all generations.
One special occasion that you can see a wine color dress being used all throughout the year is a wedding. Brides and bridesmaids can't resist the elegant look of wine bridesmaid dresses. This color suits any style and design of a bridesmaid dress. [Continue reading..]
Aptly called wine, the color is a shade of dark red similar to red wine. The color name was officially recognized in 1705. Depending on the lighting, a wine color can sometimes have a purplish tinge. A wine color with a purple undertone is called burgundy.
Wine Bridesmaid Dress for any Wedding Season
The wine color is a spectacular choice for a winter or fall wedding. It will complement any jewel tone palette and accentuate any backdrop. For summer weddings, the vivid color of wine will surely make bridesmaid dresses a standout amid a sea of pastels and pinks that are the traditional colors during the season.
It is recommended to use seasonal hues and flowers to bring out the rich color of wine into a summer wedding palette. A color block pattern or a fun print is perfect in transitioning wine bridesmaid dresses for the summer season.
Mixing softer colors such as dusty rose would create mismatched bridesmaid look and give a lighter feel to wine dresses. Winter weddings do well with using heavy fabrics or dresses with airier feel.
The bold hue of wine also flatters many skin tones. The wine colored dresses versatility makes it an ideal color choice for an elegant black-tie wedding or a bohemian themed affair. Whether a wedding theme is whimsical or chic, there is always a wine hued dress that will complement any bridesmaid style.
Accessorizing Wine Colored Bridesmaid Dresses
The vividness of the wine color will be brought out if paired with white, medium gray and black. The style of the bridesmaid dress as well as the type of wedding will dictate the kind of accessories to wear.
Any kind of jewelry in either light or dark shade may be appropriate for informal weddings. A strapless dress may be adorned with a pair of chandelier or drop earrings, statement necklaces and chunky bracelets.
Meanwhile, a halter neck dress can get away without a necklace for the neckline of the dress is attractive enough. Smaller drop earrings and bracelets would complete the look.
Formal weddings call for subtle and muted jewelry. Wear jewelry that sparkles or glitters in the light such as earrings in plain gold or silver and a tennis bracelet. Avoid loud or flashy jewelry or color stones. If there is a need to wear jewelry with colored stones, choose amethyst as it will work best with a wine colored dress.
Fashion experts agree that a sophisticated bridesmaid dress needs simple jewelry while bolder or detailed jewelry can be paired with a simple dress style.
Wine is a solid and warm color and can be paired with various shoes in different styles and colors. As with accessories, choosing the style and type of shoes to pair with a wine bridesmaid dress will depend on the time and venue of the wedding.


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For Miley Cyrus fans, Santa may have delivered the perfect present.
On Christmas day, the music video for "Adore You" was leaked showing the 21-year-old pop star touching herself while in panties and a bra under a bed sheet. Cyrus wasn't too happy that the racy video was released a day early, according to an explicit tweet she sent out on Dec. 25, but she wasn't a real Grinch about it and later tweeted out the official video for fans.
The latest nearly naked stunt isn't a new one for Cyrus, who has made constant headlines with her antics, from twerking at the MTV VMAs to her "Wrecking Ball" video (including its parodies) that went viral.
The new love song that has Cyrus crooning "When you say you love me/No, I love you more" is the third single off her album, "Bangerz."


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Raised in a Cuban household in Miami, Julissa's main influences and passion stem from her family and culture. Drawing as a child she was no stranger to awards, deepening her desire to develop her skills as a professional artist. She went on to graduate from Ringling College of Art and Design with a BFA in Illustration. Her artwork has been featured in a major motion picture where she portrayed the artist, sharing in a scene with Harrison Ford. With over 8 years of training and building on her skill, Julissa brings a wealth of industry experience. Today she is known for her teen girls and her whimsical, dreamy, and candy-like creations. She has served clients such as American Girl, American Greeting Corp., Duopress Books, Educational Insights, Highlights, National Geographic School Publishing, Oxford University Press, Peaceable Kingdom, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Target, and many more.
Her energy and enthusiasm have also driven her to head up a beaming and successful illustration group of illustrators from all over the world. Having illustrated over 23 children's books with many more on the way. Her group has been featured in "Where Women Create" magazine along with top industry design blogs Julissa lives and works out of her home studio in Austin, Texas where she finds inspiration on a daily bases.


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A scandal has erupted in California, where several officers from the San Francisco Police Department have been caught sending racist and homophobic text messages to each other. And now, the word is that the culprits may go unpunished. Blendover looks into the story.
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Topics Discussed:
- San Francisco Police Texting Scandal
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- Marvel Movies
- Vertical Farms
- Zombie Apocalypse
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- WTF: Bring Out Your Dead
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BlendoveR is the "trendover" podcast, bringing you the news that the news isn't covering. Presented by Greg Davies and Aaron Ciavarra, we focus on topics that are not trending across the web and in the mainstream media, and have a knack accurate predictions of coming events, trends, and media coverage.
San Francisco Police Texting Scandal
San Francisco Cops Sending Racist Texts Could Go Unpunished
SF Police Refer To Blacks As 'Monkeys': 'It's Not Against The Law To Put An Animal Down'
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Is Walmart hiring pharmacy staff from Central State Hospital now?
Milledgeville Pharmacist Refuses to Fill Prescription for Miscarriage Patient
Marvel Movies
Hugh Jackman to Play Wolverine One Last Time
JOHANSSON Confirms Talks With MARVEL Head About BLACK WIDOW Movie
Marvel Eyes Angelina Jolie To Direct 'Captain Marvel'
Olivia Munn Cast as Psylocke In X-Men: Apocalypse
Ryan Reynold's April Fool's Prank Confirms 'Deadpool' Will Be Rated R (Video)
Spider-Man: Marvel's Kevin Feige Confirms High School Peter Parker
The Real Reason A New Solo 'Hulk' Movie Hasn't Been Made By Marvel
Vertical Farms
Seoul to adopt urban agriculture by introducing 'vertical farms'
Zombie Apocalypse
Terrifying zombies on the subway may be taking things a bit too far
What is flakka? Florida's dangerous new drug trend
Woman allegedly attacks family dog while high on bath salts
WTF: Anyone for Twister?
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Body found in Walmart parking lot could have been there for a month
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Archaeologists find 18th century sex toy
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From his mother's basement to the shelves and showcases of millions, Robert Reder co-founded Monogram models in 1945 — choosing the larger 1/24th scale over the industry standard 1/25th. By the 1960s, Monogram had the box art to beat.
With the car-customizing craze feeding the model-building hobby, kits were flying off the shelves, and Monogram was fighting a battle of the boxes with rival Revell. Both companies relied on awesome box art to win the eyeballs of young builders. Upstart competitor AMT kept pace by focusing on cars alone, while Monogram and Revell both extended to boats, planes and military gear. Others geeked out on Formula One cars.
By the 1970s, Monogram had been purchased by Mattel Inc., and by the mid-1980s both companies had the same owner, Odyssey Partners.
Reder died this past February 20, less than a month after the death of AMT pioneer George Toteff. [Hemmings]


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Spoiler Alert: If you haven't watched last night's episode of The Vampire Diaries then get off the Internet stat! The following article contains lots of spoilers, so run away if you haven't fired up your DVR yet!
What's that sound? Oh, nothing. Just Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) fans around the world having a collective coronary.
Allow us to join you: Gaaaaaaah!
Don't read another word if you haven't yet seen tonight's episode of The Vampire Diaries, but Damon and Elena finally did the horizontal mambo. Alas, this is The Vampire Diaries, a show that has basically redefined the term plot twist, so there's no happily ever after on the horizon...
The end result of the highly anticipated hookup was a mixed bag for "Delena" fans, who were treated to the moment they've been anticipating for three seasons—Elena climbing Damon like a tree!—but they were subsequently bitch-slapped with this post-coital reveal: Elena is actually sired to Damon, so the attraction might not be legit.
So what comes next? Here's exclusive scoop our sources are spilling! (Don't worry, it's not too spoilery.)
Damon and Elena will be together. But they won't find out for a while that she is sired to him.
Naturally, it will come out, and when it does, that's gotta be awwwwwkward.
A source calls what's ahead "complicated." On a TV romance? Ya don't say! Well, we are totally in for the ride.
What did you think of tonight's Damon and Elena hookup? Are you rooting for her to end up with Damon or Stefan? Or, like us, are you hoping they all move into the Big Love compound and live happily ever after? Sound off in the comments!
Look back at other OMG moments on Vampire Diaries to see how they compare!


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Don't Fight the Urge
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David J. Hufford, Ph.D., is university professor and chair of the Medical Humanities Department at Pennsylvania State University's College of Medicine. He also is a professor in the departments of Neural and Behavioral Sciences and Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Hufford serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine and Explore.


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I did my birthday right this year. I informed my husband that I'd buy my own presents, told him what kind of cake I wanted (something fun made from Rice Krispie Treats) and picked the restaurant where we dined. The end result? I got exactly what I wanted.
But the best gift I gave myself was when I declared the Sunday before my actual birthday as Me Day, where it was understood by my husband and son that the day would be entirely centered on Me-related things—such as walking to the store (by myself) to get the Sunday NY Times, having the time to actually read the Sunday NY Times, working out on the elliptical, eating Nutella & banana crepes, going Spring skiing with my son, then cooking the kind of healthy dinner I craved, without the grumblings from the meat and potatoes guy I married.
Me Day was nothing fancy or monumental, but as a mom, just knowing I had the freedom to have an entire Sunday to do exactly what I wanted while still hanging out with my family felt like a luxury. And by the end of the day, I was completely filled up.
Which made me realize how seldom we mothers do just that. We let our cups run empty, claiming we're too busy with kids, life, work, etc., to take care of ourselves, and then we end up feeling constantly depleted.
My family and I recently went to Aruba on vacation, which meant lots of eating out. Personally, I was thrilled by the prospect of not having to cook every night. But for my seven-year-old son—a boy whose average butt-on-the-seat time during dinners at home is about forty-three seconds—it was a challenge. To his credit, he did surprisingly well. Most of the time. But I also recognized what a struggle it was for him to sit still for that long, dinner after three-course dinner, forced to constrain his constantly moving body with parental-imposed "restaurant behavior." So, when dessert was over, my husband or I would bring him out to the parking lot and let him run around like a Tasmanian Devil. Or on the odd occasion we ate in, we'd let him veg out in front of Cartoon Network while eating mac and cheese.
Basically, I just gave the kid a chance to recharge. But the funny thing is how little we mothers allow ourselves to do the same.
We either fail to prioritize ourselves, or when we do think about carving out some "me time," it just ends up feeling like another line item on our Sisyphean to-do list. Sometimes, the very act of trying to fill ourselves up can be depleting in and of itself. It takes effort to find a babysitter, make a reservation, or schedule a weekend away. But unless we mothers prioritize self-care, I truly believe everything else suffers. Just like working out, it's helpful to remind yourself how good it feels when you make the effort to do it and how much you like the results.


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Porny was so cute and casual and pretty yesterday at the airport. Click here for a refresher. However, as I noted at the end of that article:
"But watch, tomorrow on the talk shows she'll be back to what they make her: too old and too tacky. If only she would call me back."
Sigh. I know my Porny. And I know she's surrounded by dumbasses. And those dumbasses put her in dumbass clothes. Which is why she looked like this at Letterman last night. Too told, too tacky, as predicted.
It's a terribly unflattering print, and the neckline does nothing for her thick neck and linebacker shoulders sitting on top of her tit tray, and the length of the dress, it cuts her off at the wrong part so her legs look stumpy, and WHY does she talk as though her teeth are wired together???
Many of you have written to rag on her interview – she sounds so dumb, she's sounds like an idiot, she's such a stupid twat.
Of course she sounds dumb. And I say this with the most affection – she sounds dumb because she IS dumb. Some people are born dumb. Genetically stupid. Some people just aren't very bright. You can't hold it against them. Fact: I am 5 ft 3. Fact: you have brown hair. Fact: Jessica Simpson is dumb.
Why then would you ever expect her to go on a talk show and sound not dumb? It would be like rewiring her DNA. This is not possible. It would be like me expecting to wake up tomorrow 4 inches taller. So no, I'm not giving her the gears for sounding like herself. In fact, I thought, apart from the weird mouth-wiring, that she did a great job.
How many others would have submitted to a line of questioning about their love life and admitted to being dumped on her birthday and humiliated by an ex lover? We complain when celebrities give generic answers, so we can't complain when Jessica Simpson goes on Letterman and answers honestly. She answered as herself. And I'd much rather her answer as herself, dumb or not, than watch her front like she's smarter than we think she is. Also, for all her public embarrassment, being f-cked around the way she's been f-cked around, she actually answered rather gracefully about Tony Romo and John Mayer. If it were me I'd be dropping motherf-ckers all over the place and trashing them without mercy.
So no, contrary to what many of you must be thinking, I don't think she performed poorly. Rather, I think she handled herself rather well. And Dave wasn't giving her an easy ride either.
But the styling...
The styling makes me angry. It makes me angry that they can be so negligent about the way they send her out. Take a f-cking Polaroid – how hard can that be???
Photos from Wenn.com


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Nearly two years ago Gov. Corbett signed the PA Preferred™ legislation into law at a Cumberland County GIANT food store. This week, I joined Lt. Gov. Cawley at the Harrisburg store to unveil the GIANT PA Preferred™ milk brand.
As a former PA dairy farmer, it was an exciting opportunity. It gave me a chance to tell consumers about our state dairy industry and the importance of supporting our dairy farmers, all during June Dairy Month. GIANT added the PA Preferred™ logo – a gold checkmark inside a blue keystone – to its jugs of milk, showing shoppers they can enjoy local, fresh PA dairy products.
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RIM is bringing a new feature to the App World storefront that is designed to make publishing and discovering apps much safer for everyone involved. On Wednesday November 30th, 2011 RIM will be performing a server upgrade that will bring content rating to the storefront. The content rating system has been planned out based on input from our carrier, consumer, and developer partners to make sure they've implemented a content rating system that helps parents control what types of content their children have access to. After the upgrade is complete, all applications and themes in the BlackBerry App World storefront will receive a default rating. The majority of apps will be rated G (General). If your app or theme is in one of the categories listed below, itll receive a rating of T (Teen). When users upgrade to BlackBerry App World 3.1, theyll be able to change their rating filter.
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Story highlights
- Dallas chapter says lottery drains money from those who can least afford it
- Chapter president says lottery setup targets minorities
- Lottery commission spokeswoman rejects claims, touts billions in revenues
- Professor says low-income ticket-buyers have more to gain by playing
The NAACP chapter in Dallas is calling for an end to the Texas state lottery, saying the game drains the finances of low-income ticket-buyers who can least afford it, especially minorities.
"It's an addiction," chapter President Juanita Wallace said. "Many, many people have actually spent all their money in hope of getting out of a situation, when in fact, they're getting themselves into a worse situation."
She said one man she knew died last week without health insurance.
"He had an insurance policy," she said, "and he withdrew all of the funds from the policy, actually, to play the lottery."
Wallace also believes that minorities are disproportionately drawn to playing the lottery.
"The way things are set up in the store is targeted for black people and poor people," she said.
A spokeswoman with the Texas Lottery Commission rejected that assertion, saying the Texas lottery does not target low-income areas specifically and does not market any differently from one demographic to another.
"Our marketing and advertising efforts are designed to reach a broad audience of adult Texans," spokeswoman Kelly Cripe said.
Wallace says her NAACP chapter is already lobbying lawmakers, as are organizations like the Baptist General Convention of Texas that were already opposed to the lottery.
But at a convenience store in Dallas this week, some ticket-buyers did not appreciate the idea of losing the option of playing.
"It's up to me," David Anderson told CNN affiliate station KTVT as he stood in line. "If I make a certain amount, it's up to me: Should I spend this $5 (on a ticket)? Or should I go buy a loaf of bread and hamburger to feed the kids?"
Professor Irwin Morris of the University of Maryland says low-income people are more likely to play the lottery, not necessarily because they are targeted but because they have more to gain.
"It's an opportunity to change your living circumstances," he said. "So for someone who's already wealthy, it would take a dramatic lottery win -- a Lotto, let's say -- to significantly change their living circumstances. If someone is of much more meager means, a much smaller win could literally change the character of their living circumstances."
As a result, he said, "I think there is considerable evidence that the poor pay a greater portion of their income on lotteries than the wealthy."
Statistics show that for the Pick 3 lottery in Texas, a third of people who make less than $20,000 play, but only about a quarter or fewer of people making more than $20,000 do. And for instant scratch-off tickets, the most popular game, unemployed people were more likely to play than employed people or retirees.
Wallace says that means the people who can least afford it are the most likely to splurge.
Lottery players point out that the games are fun to play, and they offer the hope of winning life-altering riches. The ticket sales also raise substantial revenues for state coffers.
"Since the first ticket was sold in 1992, the Texas Lottery has generated $20 billion in revenue for the state," Cripe said, "and contributed more than $14 billion to the Foundation School Fund. These are not insignificant numbers."
Morris said he has not seen evidence that states with lotteries spend more on schools than states without. But now that states have come to rely on those revenues, he said, it would be difficult for a state to pull the plug on its lottery.
"If that were eliminated," he said, "how difficult would it be politically to come up with the same amount of revenue through other taxes or fees?"


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HONG KONG – Canadians should live their lives worthy of the freedom, democracy and justice they enjoy as a tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice defending those values, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday.
Harper marked Remembrance Day at the Sai Wan Bay military cemetery where 283 Canadian soldiers are buried on a grassy, tree-fringed slope overlooking the skyscrapers of bustling Hong Kong.
"It lies within us to do this: We can walk worthy of the lives that they laid down for us," Harper said to a group of about 300 officials and onlookers.
"They have given their lives to make possible the freedom that we enjoy, the democracy by which we govern ourselves, and the justice under which we live."
Harper, his wife Laureen and a long list of parliamentarians and local dignitaries placed wreaths at the base of the Sai Wan memorial. A local children's choir sang the Canadian and Chinese national anthems.
The battle of Hong Kong was one of the most catastrophic episodes in Canadian military history. The 1,975 Canadian troops from the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles of Canada, who had received little combat training, were vastly outnumbered by the tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers that descended on the city in the hours after the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941.
They managed to hold off the Japanese for nearly three weeks, with the vast majority of the brigade surrendering on Christmas Day. Nearly 300 were killed, and the rest sent to prisoner of war camps where they were subjected to torture, starvation and forced labour at the hands of their captors. Another 267 died before liberation in 1945, and those who returned home bore the physical and psychological scars for the rest of their lives.
Ken Pifher of Grimsby, Ont. travelled to Hong Kong for Sunday's ceremony. The 91-year-old walked next to Harper past the rows upon rows of gravestones to the main memorial at a plateau on the hill. He had given Harper a letter of encouragement that former prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King had sent POWs during the war.
Pifher, who served with the Royal Rifles of Canada as a private, described how the men in the camps got through all those years.
"It took a little while, but we lived on rumours. And there was a lot of them. A rumour would come along and then it was gone," Pifher said.
"But we knew things were going well because of the planes going over and also for a while there was a radio in camp, until they found it and it was confiscated. The people who they found it with were beaten. That was normal and their way of treating POWs. They weren't very nice people."
Nathan Greenfield, author of the 2010 book about the battle of Hong Kong, "The Damned," called episode an absolute disaster.
"By a military definition, it was a 100 per cent casualty rate because every single soldier was either killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Dieppe was a 40 per cent casualty rate…it's the definition of disaster."
Some of the criticisms of the Harper government's approach towards veterans — particularly the newer ones — followed the prime minister all the way to Hong Kong.
Retired peacekeeper Leonard Kerr, formerly of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, said he's unhappy with the fact the government replaced a pension system for injured veterans with a lump sum payment for the younger generation.
"I love my regiment and I love my country, but I'm not wearing anything that was given to me by the government as a decoration as a protest for the treatment of our veterans," said Kerr, who now lives in Hong Kong. He served in Cyprus,
"I just think that now they've used us in Afghanistan, I don't really think the government cares that much about us anymore. I really just don't."
Most recently, the Conservatives have faced questions about federal support for the Last Post Fund, an agency that helps pay for the funerals of impoverished veterans. Since 2006, the fund has had to reject two-thirds of all applications for help because of narrow guidelines that restrict money to veterans of the two world wars and the Korean war.
The Last Post Fund itself, veterans groups and funeral directors have lobbied the government to raise the amount of money its puts towards funerals, which has been fixed at $3,600 since 2000. They also want the eligibility requirements broadened.
But when asked specifically about the fund by reporters travelling with him on Saturday, Harper did not acknowledge those concerns. Instead, he said his government was doing a lot for veterans, and that all programs are constantly being assessed. The Last Post Fund was last reviewed two years ago.


text: by Barry WilnerAssociated Press Writer CANTON, Ohio (AP)—Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith can stop the chase now.Linked as the NFL's leading receiver and rusher, two of the greatest players football has seen, entered the Hall of Fame Aug. 7. Both admitted their destinies are fulfilled."This is finally it," Rice said. "There are no more routes to run, no more touchdowns to score, no more records to set. That young boy from Mississippi has finally stopped running. Looking as fit as any current All-Pro, Rice admits he made one major mistake during that unparalleled career. "My single regret about my career is I never took the time to enjoy it," he said. "I was always working."I was afraid to fail. The fear of failure is the engine that has driven me my entire life. The reason they never caught me from behind is because I ran scared. People always are surprised how insecure I was. The doubts, the struggles, is who I am. I wonder if I would have been as successful without them."Rice was successful from Day 1 in the NFL, rising from the obscurity of Mississippi Valley State to win three Super Bowls and change the game forever. He was humbled by the conclusion Saturday night."I can honestly say this is the greatest team I have ever belonged to," Rice said.Smith began choking up during a one-minute standing ovation as he stepped to the microphone as the final inductee. He immediately praised Walter Payton, the man he surpassed as rushing king, and recognized the two other Hall of Fame members of the Cowboys' Triplets, Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin.And he broke down when saluting his former fullback, Daryl Johnston. "You took care of me as if you were taking care of your little brother," Smith said through wet eyes.Smith rushed for 18,355 yards, with 164 touchdowns, 11 seasons with 1,000 or more yards on the ground, and 78 games with 100 yards rushing. Smith made the hall in his first year of eligibility and won three Super Bowls, taking MVP honors in the 1994 game."When I go into the hall today, I am not going in alone," Smith said. "I am carrying my grandfather, I'm carrying my father and I'm carrying my son along with me because I bear all their names. Now I can say to my dad and my son, EJ, our name will be forever enshrined in the history of football."While Rice and Smith were immediate selections for the hall, LeBeau finally was inducted after a 32-year wait."Man, this really is a great day to be alive," said LeBeau, elected by the senior committee.LeBeau was chosen for his 14-year career as a cornerback with the Detroit Lions, in which he had 62 interceptions, still eighth overall. He's best known as an assistant coach, the mastermind of the zone blitz. Currently the defensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers, LeBeau singled out his players who sat in a corner of Fawcett Stadium."I am being inducted as a player and believe me that makes me most proud," said LeBeau, at 73 the oldest coordinator in the NFL. "I did that for 14 years. but for the last 38 years I have been a football coach."They are here," he added, pointing to the Steelers, who he helped win two Super Bowls in the last five seasons. "That's just about the highest compliment ever paid to me in my life."I wouldn't want to be here without you: offense, defense and special teams."The players stood in applause and fans in the crowd whirled Terrible Towels in tribute.He was immediately followed on the stage by Randle, who as an undrafted defensive tackle with the Vikings and Seahawks accumulated 137½ sacks in 14 seasons, most for anyone at that position.Randle made six straight All-Pro teams (1993-98) and was chosen for seven Pro Bowls. He had a league-high 15½ sacks in 1997. "I am so humbled by this incredible honor which I never thought was possible. I'm a small-town kid whose dream came true."Grimm was called the "Head Hog" by former Redskins offensive line coach Joe Bugel. From 1981-91, Grimm led the Hogs and helped the Redskins win three Super Bowls. He is the first member of that memorable line to make the hall."It's a privilege to play in the NFL," said Grimm, now the assistant head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. " It's an honor to be selected here in Canton.He called the Hogs "a group of guys that grew together, worked together, rose families together" and said he would have their names embroidered on the inside of his gold Hall of Fame jacket.Jackson, one of the most versatile linebackers in league history, is the first New Orleans Saints player to be enshrined. Jackson made six Pro Bowls with a combination of strong run defense and a tenacity that led to 128 sacks. He helped turn New Orleans from 'Aints to a division winner for the first time (1991), and finished his career with the 49ers, winning a Super Bowl in January 1995."I think I deserve to be up here," Jackson said. "Football always has been my life. I see that in these guys up here (onstage), how they carried themselves. They set the standard."Little was a star running back for the Denver Broncos from 1967-75 despite being the only offensive threat on the team. He had to wait nearly three decades since becoming eligible before getting elected. One of football's most dynamic runners during his career, Little also was a dangerous punt and kickoff returner. In a relatively short career, he had 12,157 all-purpose yards and scored 54 touchdowns. "There are no words to describe the joy of experiencing this chapter, the highest honor…everything else pales."In a powerful induction speech, he also encouraged people to say "Yes I can" throughout their lives and noted he had "given the best I've got." CLASS OF 2010—The 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. From left: Emmitt Smith, Dick LeBeau, Russ Grimm, John Randle, Rickey Jackson, Jerry Rice and Floyd Little after enshrinement ceremonies at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio Aug. 7. LEGENDARY DUO—Jerry Rice, left, and Emmitt Smith share a moment after being elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 6. On Aug. 7, they were inducted together in Canton, Ohio. "Let me stand here and catch my breath."An hour later, Smith tried to hold back his tears as he reflected on his unequaled career."Most people only dream," Smith said. "I not only had my childhood dream, I did everything I could to fulfill it."You know what, I am now the all-time leading rusher. 'Wow. What an honor."Rice was the man who took away everyone's breath during an incredible 20 years and was one of seven NFL greats to enter the shrine as the Class of 2010. It is one of the strongest groups ever inducted, also including John Randle, Dick LeBeau, Rickey Jackson, Russ Grimm and Floyd Little.Rice holds every important pass-catching record as the game breaker in the West Coast offense for the San Francisco 49ers. In becoming the top target in the pro game's most dangerous scheme, he established marks that might never be broken.Rice caught 1,549 passes, more than 400 beyond anyone else. He gained 22,895 yards, more than 7,600 ahead of second place. He scored 208 touchdowns, easily shattering the previous record. He made 10 All-Pro teams, was chosen for 13 Pro Bowls, and made receptions in an almost-unimaginable 274 consecutive games.Yet, he says, at 47, "I still believe in my heart I could play today."


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Dream Come True/We're About to Become Obese — Introducing Alcoholic Root Beer
Since high-quality, legit Root Beer is made through a fermentation process almost identical to the one used to brew regular beer, we've always been a little miffed that it doesn't actually contain any alcohol. Our booze motto is: "if it could, it should," even though we've found exceptions -- "Gin Milk" turned out to be pretty disgusting, who knew? Thanks to Sprecher Brew though, all of that is about to change.
The Wisconsin-based micro-brewery,who already brews a delicious sarsaparilla, has announced their plan to market an alcoholic version of our old-timey childhood favorite, and our innocent root beer floats will never be the same again. They will now be way more awesome. Sprecher kept the name pretty simple: Hard Root Beer. The fermented beverage will have 5% ABV and combine the taste of their regular root beer with some bourbon and oak flavors. You know, for the sophisticated palate.
Sprecher says Hard Root Beer will be available later this week in test markets in the Badger State. This limited roll-out will, according Sprecher president Jeff Hamilton, allow the company to tweak the formula if necessary before large-scale production.
The root beer will be packaged in 12-ounce bottles and four packs will go for a suggested retail price of $5. We're gonna need a bigger freezer for all of the vanilla ice cream we're planning on keeping around the house. Also bigger pants.


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At long last, the annual Origins episode of The Vintage Gamer. As this is the third year, this officially makes it a cherished tradition. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) there was no podcasters panel so instead I went around and did some interviews at some of the small press booths. A big "Thank You" to all who participated — if what you hear interests you, please support them with your dollars.
For a fuller picture of the show, I recommend you check out The Spiel Origins episode for a lot more show floor interviews, and the Dice Tower Origins episode for more info and a nice interview with (Spiel des Jahres winner!) Reiner Knizia.
Featured interviews:
- Matt Duhan of Gozer Games discusses: Collateral Damage
- Rob Balder of many things discusses: The FUnny Music Project, Erfworld, Partially Clips, Get Nifty
- Peter Hansell of Tablestar Games discusses: Wealth of Nations, Martinis and Men, HeroCard Orc Wars
- Fred Hicks of Indy Press Revolution and Evil Hat Productions discusses: Heaven and Earth, Archaia Studios, Avenues and Alleyways, Solipsist, Spirit of the Season, Spirit of the Century, Don't Rest Your Head, Don't Lose Your Mind, Monsters and Other Childish Things, GODLIKE, Wild Talents, Dresden Files RPG
- Curt Covert of Smirk and Dagger Games discusses: Cutthroat Caverns, Run For Your Life, Candyman, Hex*Hex, Hex*Hex Next, Cutthroat Caverns: Deeper & Darker
- Greg Lam of Pair Of Dice Games discusses: Chopstick Dexterity Megachallenge 3000, Warp6, Knockabout, Marvin Marvel's Marvelous Marble Machine
Pictures of my trip to Origins including most of these folks can be found on my flickr feed. You can also see the lovely new sewer line.


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Joined: 02 Jun 2005
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Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2005, 10:15
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Booting Puppy and a USB keyboard: order of driver loading
When I boot pupyy on my pent4 with a USB keyboard it asks for what type of keyboard I use. However, my keyboard is not configured yet at that particular moment during startup. There the show is over because it keepts waiting for answer while my keyboard is not working. Probably the USB drivers will be loaded after the keyboard configuration. Or it might be a BIOS issue (Asus P4TE, award). With fedora I cannot use the keyboard either during startup, but it picks a default and continues.
Anyone has a suggestion? Many thx beforehand!
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Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2005, 16:53
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Something has changed in the new release and the new kernel. Previously, my usb keyboard did work and now it does not. What I found is that you needed to have a PS/2 keyboard to start Puppy, then configure the USB keyboard. However, in the new version, this fails to work now.
Check and see if USB keyboard support is active (set to on) in the bios.
But I suspect that it is a kernel issue and what USB modules are loaded in what order, as mine fails with USB support enabled.
I got this working before in older versions and only took a quick look at the modules loaded in 1.0.2, which are specific for the new kernel 2.6. I will try to see if I can ascertain what this issue is.
However, I think we will need Barry's input on this.
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Location: Middlesbrough - UK
Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2005, 18:01
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That's a bit of an unfortunate arrangement really, you need a ps2 keyboard to tell the system that it has a USB keyboard !
Always reminds me of the bios error on boot up...........
Keyboard Error...press F1 to resume
It is something that needs addressing though. Surely the computer knows that there's nothing in the PS2 port - can't this knowledge be accessed and, if it turns out there's no keyboard in the standard socket, default to USB?
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Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2005, 19:49
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Ok...her eis what I found so far. If I;
unload usbhid with modprobe -r usbhid
unload psmouse
modprobe usbmouse
modprobe usbkbd
I get usb mouse and keyboard support, and I can use the PS/2 keyboard, as well. This is with both the mousedevice file set at /dev/mice and keyboardtype file retained at PS/2.
It seems that in my case, full usbhid support disables any attempt to load my usb keyboard. It is detected as an input device sans full usbhid support. I can't recall what the old term is for this, but I seem to remember it is something like treating the keyboard as an input device, not a hid? I also seem to remember a comment in building the 2.4 kernel about this, while compiling the kernel.
Perhaps Barry or someone more adept at this can comment.
So, I guess, the question is, where can I disable full usbhid support?
Rich, there is also a possible bios issue in some systems, like older laptops and desktops, where the bios setting of "legacy usb" causes an issue. So, part of the issue can be found within the bios settings and how Linux reads usb support from the bios.
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Posted: Fri 03 Jun 2005, 09:24
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I think I had a usb keyboard and mouse working together okay.
usbhid.ko is the full hid module.
usbkbd.ko and usbmouse.ko are the simpler usb modules.
you could try unloading usbhid and then try the simpler modules.
"modinfo" also will provide interesting info.
They are located in /lib/modules/2.6/usb/input/.
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Posted: Fri 03 Jun 2005, 16:20
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OK, I've changed a few things. Puppy was stalling loading ndiswrapper. I edited-out the value, sleep 3 during the loading of ndiswrapper in rc.local and added the usbkbd module to rc.local. Now full usbhid is not loaded automatically and the usb keyboard works. No more hangs on boot.
If you use the simplier, not-full usbkbd module for your keyboard, and you want a usb mouse to work as well, then you would have to add the usbmouse module to rc.local.
Hardware issues can be a problem!
In terms of Rich's or Robvnl's problem. Is usb keyboard support enabled in the bios, or is this a laptop? I have a PS/2 2 port switch, so this presents a little problem for me. But is also the reason why I could configure a usb keyboard easier in Puppy.
I know that this may not answer the original question of usb keyboard support on boot, but maybe we can sort out the specific issues in your systems.
The modinfo command is big a help, but one apparently has to figure out which supports their hardware, the full usbhid module, or the others.
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Posted: Sun 05 Jun 2005, 15:05
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Many thanks for all ideas. I have to try out all above. I will connect my old ps/2 and play around with the usb modules this week. I will post my results. Furthermore, I suspect my mobo of having a limitation because there is not any setting regarding the usage of a usb keyboard. Besides, it is an older board (i.e. 2002, asus p4te) with usb 1.1. Anyway, it is interesting.
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Regarding to the boot and usb keyboard above I had to connect a PS/2 keyboard first (next to the already connected usb keyboard, they work both at the same time). The question for what type of keyboard (us qwerty) came again and I answered with the ps/2 keyb of course. Puppy continued and then started to load the usb drivers (like I suspected already). From the desktop I configured the keyboard setting again to USB. Since then it boots always properly. So, it is the order of loading the drivers. I will search the /etc/rc scripts for it. Furthermore: Puppy is a wonderful product!
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Posted: Fri 28 Oct 2005, 18:45
Post subject: I don't have a PS/2 keyboard. Is there a working solution?
I have been reading this thread, but don't understand whether the knowledge you aquired led to fixes in the subsequent releases of Puppy? Today I downloaded Puppy 1.0.5 and unfortunately I cannot use it because it doesn't recognise my wireless (chicony chipset) keyboard. At first it does, but then after booting it is asking about my keyboard layout, and then the keyboard has stopped working. Should I try a different release of Puppy?
Or is there some way that I can modify 1.0.5 starting up a different version of Linux (Kubuntu)?
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Posted: Sun 06 Nov 2005, 02:49
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This is certainly a problem for me too. I'm using a wireless (Logitech) mouse and keyboard and the keyboard stops responding during the boot.
So it may not be a driver order problem as such, but rather that more specialised drivers (for non-standard USB devices) aren't loaded initially.
As a thought, this could be resolved by having a timeout on the question rather than a mandatory "hit return to continue". Even if the timeout was 30 seconds it would be better than nothing...
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Friday, August 7, 2009
My 11:00
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Hey, I'm offended. That's me on the weekends. :-)
- August 7, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Is she colorblind? If the answer is no, then it was my mother. My mother can not match or color coordinate to save her life.
- August 7, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Tim Gunn needs to come to the rescue! That's a fashion emergency
is ever I seen one! Do you practice in Florida?
- August 7, 2009 at 3:24 PM
- Chris said...
I'm starting to think that your patients are aware of your blog and are now just trying to "make it". You gotta admit, it's a possibility.
- August 7, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- John Woolman said...
Diagnosis - lithium deficiency?
- August 7, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- Unknown said...
HAWT! You know you want Mrs Grumpy dressed like that while spanking you with the umbrella. All you need is the tomatoes and a Diet Coke for a fun filled Grumpy's Hot Date Night.
How old was the poor woman?
LD50 Rat
- August 7, 2009 at 6:13 PM
- Grumpy, M.D. said...
- August 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
- Fordo said...
Sounds like a product of the 80's.
- August 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Bozo the Clown dressed her.
- August 7, 2009 at 7:07 PM
DSM-IV-TR = 301.50: Histrionic Personality Disorder
- August 7, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Probably 3 of her 7 personalities.
- August 7, 2009 at 7:22 PM
She cut off the Garanimals tags...
- August 7, 2009 at 7:28 PM
- ER's Mom said...
Maybe she's blind?
Or maybe her 2 year old grandchild picked out the outfit. I dunno.
- August 7, 2009 at 7:37 PM
- Maha said...
As long as she didn't have the pungent stank of weeks old BO and unwashed feet, she can dress however she wants!
- August 7, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- Nurse K said...
Bipolar Fashion Society or 1991.
- August 7, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- Carrie said...
Maybe she's trying to get onto GoFugYourself.
- August 7, 2009 at 11:12 PM
- The Bus Driver said...
sad thing is.. i see that type of person all the time on the bus..... i take pictures and laugh... just the other day i saw this lady.. she had on leopard print leggings, an oversized sweater and was carrying a starbucks while teetering in her high heels and her hairspray teased "do".
Then again there are some things you just cant UNSEE... like a fat guy in hawaiian print shorts, and hot pink teeshirt bending over to put his laundry in the dryer....... like ew.
- August 7, 2009 at 11:15 PM
One question: was she properly covered? I mean, was it really short shorts and/or a too tight, too short shirt? Or was she just a grandma in shorts and a shirt? 'Cause to me that makes a HUGE difference.
If she was properly covered, not what I would choose to wear, but if she is happy with it, that is what matters.
If she was NOT properly covered, holy crap! That is scary, scary, scary.
- August 8, 2009 at 1:16 AM
- Dragonfly said...
Gwen Stefani has a neurological problem?
- August 8, 2009 at 4:59 AM
- Special Sauce said...
At first I thought "Golf" until I saw the accessories... Yikes!
- August 8, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- kc said...
So how is Punky Brewster these days?
- August 8, 2009 at 9:06 AM
- thegooddrlaura said...
John W and Nurse K are correct: BIPOLAR. I've found that the wild non-matching colorful clothing, esp if hair is dyed something fluorescent, is as accurate a predictor of bipolar disorder as any DSM criteria.
- August 8, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- danielle said...
ummmmm....maybe a neurologist could run some tests and see if there has been any changes in this woman's life lately???? (just teasin')
or maybe she is trying to make a point to her husband on how HE dresses???? LOL
- August 8, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Hey! Our pharmacy patient found her way to you? THAT'S why we haven't seen her in awhile.....
- August 8, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- Nancy said...
Uh-oh. Bipolar? Given my family history, crappity crap, I should be checked out.
I actually like dressing in crayola colors in a similar fashion. When I was pg with the twins, a cow-orker remarked that I looked like an Easter egg.
- August 9, 2009 at 1:29 AM
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Augusta Savage, a renowned sculptor and civil rights activist
Herb Boyd | 12/12/2013, 4:41 p.m.
Of the artists in America, sculptors are among the least recognized and celebrated, and that anonymity increases when the artist is a Black woman such as Augusta Savage. Savage, born Feb. 29, 1892, in Green Cove Springs, Fla., gained perhaps her greatest fame during the Harlem Renaissance, though even then, she had to take a backseat to the writers, musicians, actors, dancers and a few painters.
Like so many illustrious New Yorkers, Savage migrated to the city in the 1920s from the South, and that she was able to pursue her passion as a sculptor is rather miraculous, given her Methodist minister father's determination to stifle this early obsession. Savage grew up in a community with an abundance of clay, and her busy, gifted hands quickly took full advantage of it, shaping a virtual menagerie of animals and other tiny figurines. Each time she created one of the pieces, she was met with the full wrath of her father's protestations. He "almost whipped all the art out of me," Savage told a reporter.
But her father would have had to do a lot of whipping to stop Savage from her natural proclivity—an activity that was to some degree minimized when her family moved to West Palm Beach, where the clay was not as plentiful.
Eventually, her determination to find some clay paid off after she encountered a local potter. From this fortunate encounter, she had the clay she needed and quickly resumed making the figures that occupied so much of her time in Green Cove Springs. When told of a competition at a nearby county fair, she entered it and walked away with a prize. It also provided her an opportunity to meet the fair's organizer, George Graham Currie, who took her under his arm and supported her desire to become an artist.
With his encouragement and a renewed confidence, she set out to showcase her work in a larger artistic environment in Jacksonville, but the community there was either not sympathetic to her work or not large enough to satisfy her needs. New York City was her next stop.
She arrived in the city just as the Harlem Renaissance was gathering steam. Even so, it wasn't an easy scene to conquer unless you had the proper introductions or connections. To refine her untutored talent, she enrolled at Cooper Union, which, with its free tuition, was perfect for someone without much money or employment. Her talent won out, and soon she was awarded a scholarship to help pay the rent and buy the supplies she needed.
In 1923, while still a student at Cooper Union, she applied for a summer program to study in France, according to her official website, but was turned down. She believed this happened because she was Black. Undaunted, Savage unleashed a tidal wave of letters charging the program selection committee with racism and discrimination. Suddenly, her name was all over the place, but it did little to change the minds of the committee.
The rejection only fueled her artistic output and at the same time sent it off in a related direction as a portrait sculptor. With the growing popularity of the Harlem Renaissance and the arrival of countless notables, she had a number of luminaries to choose from if they had the time and interest to pose for her. A few of them did, and even when they didn't, there were enough pictures of Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois and others that would serve just as well.


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Monday, September 12, 2011
Our summer
A whole summer's worth of clips in 3 minutes
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
The Boys
I realized the other day my last post said nothing about our boys. Geesh, what a jerk! So get ready for some cute overload. . . (Also, as a side note, please forgive the 'Paxman Photography' stamp, I, Johnna was exporting the photos into my folder and didn't realize that setting was on)
Poor Camden lost his hair early on. I was more than happy to let him sport the 'George Castanza' look but Chris was super embarrassed of him and MADE me shave his head.
I can't even tell you how many popsicles this kid had this summer.
Nothing like a good tantrum! Which is happening A STINK'N LOT these days.
Awe, but than he goes back to pure sweetness.
We took the kids up to Grandpa and Grandma Paxman's for the holiday weekend. Crew had a great time on all our little adventures.
Camden was sweet and happy as usual.
As you can see, his hair is growing back handsomely. Thank heavens!
These two our best buddies! Crew needs a little reminding every now and then to not poke, hit or kick his brother but for the most part it's nothing but hugs, kisses and loves.
I love my cute boys! 99% of the time I'm in need of a shower, have a ponytail in my hair, no make-up on and am wearing my husbands basketball shorts and a baggy t-shirt. . . But heck if my kiddos aren't well taken care of!
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A middle-class family whose employer provides no health benefits would not get a subsidy, nor would family members be able to buy coverage through the state purchasing pool — even if their employer paid into it in lieu of providing health benefits. Such workers, who would be mandated to carry insurance, would pay about $12,000 a year for comprehensive family coverage. Individual policies would cost about $4,500.
That means that a typical family of four earning about $60,000 a year would spend about 20% of its income on premiums — not counting deductibles, co-pays and non-covered medical expenses. A catastrophic plan would cost less — perhaps $3,000 to $4,000 a year — but that family would still face a $5,000 deductible and an out-of-pocket limit of $10,000 a year. One hospitalization could easily hit that limit, again causing the family to spend about a fifth of its income on medical care.
But that second paragraph misses the point; if a middle-class family with no insurance at all has an incident requiring hospitalization, the out-of-pocket costs likely will exceed the $14,000 bill for medical coverage ($4,000 for catastrophic coverage plus $10,000 out-of-pocket maximum). So which is better: potentially unlimited losses in the event of a catastrophe, or defined, limited losses with known costs? One major problem with healthcare in this country: everyone carries risk, but too few people plan for it.


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When you're after a baby and circumstances make that difficult, it's pretty common to let yourself go a bit.
I finally woke up to the reality I'm sure everyone else could see: the weight I was holding on to was much more than pregnancy weight. It was the weight of thousands of tears, of seeking small comfort in sugar, carbs and wine. It suddenly dawned on me that I was holding myself back with this pattern of instant gratification. And I stopped doing it, cold turkey.
I don't think I've had a bite of refined carb in two weeks. I'm still allowing myself wine in moderation on weekends and the occasional special event during the week. And I feel fantastic. I'm noticeably thinner and have more energy, and my skin breakouts (another topic for another day) have cleared considerably.
Before H, sticking with a PCOS-friendly (low carb/sugar) diet was a way for me to feel in control and stay healthy as I tried to conceive. I slipped after he was born, then started conceiving naturally -- so I guess it registered that maybe it was unnecessary. Then came the miscarriages and the medicating with food. But it's a new day. My body is mine again, and I need to take care of it.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Taking Care of Me
When you're after a baby and circumstances make that difficult, it's pretty common to let yourself go a bit.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015
Yesterday, we took H to the library for story time. My husband (who works from home) wanted to go too, because they were doing a special tour of the conveyor belt book return system and, well, he's a guy and likes such things.
On our way downstairs for the tour, there was a gaggle of moms talking about how wild the boys in the class were, and how one of them should know because she has three of them. You can imagine where the conversation went. She should have another! She'd get her girl! Oh she hadn't decided on a fourth yet.
Decided. A fourth child. A question of will, not of chance. Not of daring and struggling or pain and suffering.
R and I met eyes. I explained later that I encounter some form of that conversation at least once daily. He shrugged his shoulders as he does. What can we do? That's how it is for most people.
I'm tired, guys. I'm just tired of it all. Tired of waiting, and wondering. Tired of still wanting something that's so hard. Tired of this horrible position I'm in, of having the first half of what I want in the freezer, and a horribly unclear and difficult path ahead for the second half -- yet no alternative. What can I do? Let them go? It's impossible. I have to do it. And I'm terrified.
Mostly, what scares me at this moment is that the clinic will say yes to the truly lovely potential surrogate we've found, whose records they are reviewing. And we will go down this path with her and spend all the money and then something will happen -- she won't get pregnant, or she will and we'll bring her into our reproductive den of doom. And then we'll have less money and still no baby.
That line of thought leads me to adoption. From there, I'm with the embryos, and knowing for sure that if we adopt it will bring us joy but also horrible pain over letting those embryos go. And possibly regret, and possibly some low-lying resentment toward the adopted child. Which obviously cannot be allowed to happen. Around and around we go.
And then I wish we didn't have the embryos. And then, horrible guilt over that thought. Then anger over being in this terrible predicament with no one to bail us out. With nothing to do but keep going and take the risk.
When I look at H and feel a sense of loss over the early childhood/pre-school years I can see evaporating before my eyes, I don't know if I should feel hopeful that we might do it again, or if I should cling more closely to this time, because it's the only experience of it we'll have. The answer is probably both, but the way I experience it is pure and painful limbo.
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Walker takes middle road in Christie-Paul spat
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is trying to chart a middle road in the debate over government surveillance in the name of national security.
Walker was asked Monday how he felt about the recent spat between two other Republicans, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
Paul is from the libertarian wing of the party and has been outspoken about his concerns over government surveillance without warrants, which he calls a threat to freedom.
But Christie called on Paul to make his point to the widows and orphans of those killed in the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
Walker says he sees merit in both arguments, and believes in preserving national security while also protecting individual freedoms.
Walker, Christie and Paul are all potential 2016 presidential candidates.


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I teamed it up with the current LOVELY AS A TREE Stamp Set and I love the outcome
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A Good Day for Property Rights
Property owners enjoyed a qualified win in the Supreme Court this morning when a unanimous Court (Justice Kagan recused) decided that "government‐induced flooding temporary in duration gains no automatic exemption from Takings Clause inspection." The case, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States, was brought by AGFC, which owns and operates 23,000 acres of land as a wildlife refuge and recreational preserve. Clearwater Dam, a federal flood control project, lies 115 miles upstream. Water is released from the dam in quantities governed by a pre‐approved "management plan" that considers agricultural, recreational, and other effects downstream.
Between 1993 and 2000, the federal government released more water than authorized under the plan. AGFC repeatedly objected that these excess releases flooded the preserve during its growing season, which significantly damaged and eventually decimated tree populations. In 2001, the government acknowledged the havoc its flooding had wreaked on AGFC's land and ceased plan deviations. By then, however, the preserve and its trees were severely damaged, requiring costly reclamation measures, so AGFC sued the government, claiming damages under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause. Today, the Supreme Court agreed, reversing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Earlier, Cato had joined the Pacific Legal Foundation on an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to take the case, which it did. We then joined the Pacific Legal Foundation and the Atlantic Legal Foundation with a second amicus brief urging the Court to uphold the Fifth Amendment rights of property owners whose land is destroyed by the federal government.
As is so often the case with the Court's property rights jurisprudence, however, today's decision was not an unqualified win for property owners. Because there is "no magic formula" for determining whether a particular government action constitutes a taking of property, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for the Court, "the Court has recognized few invariable rules in this area." It has drawn some bright lines: regulations that constitute a permanent physical occupation of property or that require an owner to sacrifice all economically beneficial uses of his property will be ruled a taking. But in other cases, the Court will weigh several "factors." Here, for example, in deciding whether the temporary flooding was a taking and hence compensable under the Takings Clause, the Court weighed the duration of the flooding, the degree to which the flooding was an intended or foreseeable result of the government's action, the character of the land at issue, the severity of the interference, and—drawing from its infamously opaque Penn Central opinion—the owner's "reasonable investment‐backed expectations."
Thus, the case is not over yet. Because the government had challenged several of the trial court's fact‐findings, including those relating to causation, forseeability, substantiality, and the amount of damages, the Court remanded the case for further proceedings. Still, the basic principle was settled: temporary government‐induced flooding enjoys no automatic exemption from Takings Clause inspection. And that's a win.


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